Assembly Bill A209

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Authorizes the purchase and installation of global positioning system devices for school buses

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-A209 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3623-a, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A7888
2015-2016: A3248

2017-A209 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the purchase and installation of global positioning system devices for school buses.

2017-A209 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    209
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 4, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. LUPARDO -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the  education  law,  in  relation  to  authorizing  the
   purchase  and  installation  of  global positioning system devices for
   school buses

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Paragraph  c  of  subdivision  2 of section 3623-a of the
 education law, as amended by chapter 453 of the laws of 2005, is amended
 to read as follows:
   c. The purchase of equipment deemed a proper school district  expense,
 including:  (i) the purchase of two-way radios to be used on old and new
 school buses, (ii) the purchase of stop-arms, to be used on old and  new
 school  buses,  (iii) the purchase and installation of seat safety belts
 on school buses in accordance with the provisions of section  thirty-six
 hundred  thirty-five-a  of this article, (iv) the purchase of school bus
 back up beepers, (v) the purchase of school  bus  front  crossing  arms,
 (vi)  the  purchase  of  school  bus  safety  sensor  devices, (vii) the
 purchase and installation  of  exterior  reflective  marking  on  school
 buses,  (viii)  the  purchase  of  automatic  engine  fire extinguishing
 systems for school buses used to transport students who use  wheelchairs
 or other assistive mobility devices, [and] (ix) THE PURCHASE AND INSTAL-
 LATION  OF  DEVICES AND EQUIPMENT TO BE USED FOR TRACKING AND MONITORING
 SCHOOL BUSES AND SCHOOL BUS PERFORMANCE THAT ARE BASED IN  GLOBAL  POSI-
 TIONING  SYSTEM  OR  SIMILAR  TECHNOLOGY,  AND (X) the purchase of other
 equipment as prescribed in the regulations of the commissioner; and
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02170-01-7

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